[Numpy-discussion] numpy.test(1,10) results in a segfault

[Travis Oliphant]

Stefan van der Walt wrote:
> I filed this as ticket #135:
>
> http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/numpy/ticket/135
>
>   

Thanks.  

This one is due to a bug/oddity in Python itself.  Apparently 
complex-number subtypes can't use a different memory allocator than the 
Python memory allocator.

I've let Python powers know about the bug and worked around it in NumPy, 
for now.

-Travis